Q 01/05

In The House of the Scorpion, the embryo that becomes Matt is implanted in which animal to grow?

A) A pig

B) A sheep

C) A cow

D) A goat

Answer · why

C) A cow

A cow carries Matt to birth in a laboratory: he is the only one of 36 embryos, made from century-old cells, to survive.

Q 02/05

In The House of the Scorpion, what sets Matt apart from every other clone living in Opium?

A) His mind was never destroyed

B) He grew inside a human mother

C) He carries no owner's tattoo

D) He ages twice as fast

Answer · why

A) His mind was never destroyed

His mind was never destroyed because El Patrón ignores the law that every clone's brain be blunted at birth, which is why Matt can read, play music an...

Q 03/05

In The House of the Scorpion, where on Matt's body is the tattoo that marks him as estate property?

A) The back of his neck

B) The inside of his wrist

C) The top of his shoulder

D) The sole of his foot

Answer · why

D) The sole of his foot

The sole of his foot carries the words, which Emilia spots while maids clean the glass cuts he got climbing out of a broken window.

Q 04/05

In The House of the Scorpion, what is the country once called Mexico known as in Matt's time?

A) Anáhuac

B) Aztlán

C) Cíbola

D) Tollan

Answer · why

B) Aztlán

Aztlán borrows its name from the mythical homeland of the Aztec peoples, and Matt flees there over the mountains when Opium turns on him.

Q 05/05

In The House of the Scorpion, which cook raises Matt in a small house beside the poppy fields?

A) Celia

B) Consuela

C) Anna

D) Inéz

Answer · why

A) Celia

Celia looks after him there for his first six years. She comes from the same village as El Patrón, which is why he spared her and gave her a kitchen j...